| 单词 |
riding-house |
| 释义 |
ˈriding-house Now Obs. or arch. [riding vbl. n.] A large building specially erected for practising riding in; a riding-school.
1637Laud in Collect. (O.H.S.) I. 318 They are going to the ridinghouse. 1647R. Stapylton Juvenal 127 His bath costs much; his riding house costs more. 1712J. James tr. Le Blond's Gardening 126 The Side of the Riding-house. 1751Chesterfield Lett. ccxlvi. III. (1792) 128 You will be sure to go to the riding-house as often as possible. 1833Regul. Instr. Cavalry i. 80 This exercise is practised in the riding-house. 1866Carlyle Remin. I. 152 At the riding-house was a kind of straggly group, or small crowd. attrib.1820Army List Jan. 50 Riding House Establishment. 1866Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 256/2 He..receives {pstlg}7 per troop per annum for riding-house expenses. |
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